What I do on my own time is none of my employer's business. Mileage and regulations may vary, of course. I work about 20hrs a week on various side-gigs. Pretty strict about the working hours and work not overlapping with whatever my current employer is doing. It's nice to keep things separate.
That's usually fine, but if you worked for me doing what my team does and you were to be constantly tired out because of your side gig, you'd end up on a path to unemployment unless you committed to the full time job. Obviously, that only applies if you do actually turn up tired all the time. If you can pull off the longer hours, rock on!
Ask HN: Are you working paid part-time while still having a full-time job?
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#23For example 'we need a tweet this button in the side bar below the search box'.
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#24When I built https://emailoctopus.com I was in a different full-time role. Unless such a clause is written in my contract, why should anything I do in my spare time need sign off from an employer?
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#25In my contract, there is a clause that has an issue with this, but only if a conflict of interest occurs. Since both companies are in very different industries (defence & mobile), this hasn't been a problem so far.
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#26I worked four days per week for the new folk, and one day for the old folk. I had to explicitly mention that plan in the agreement before joining the new. The new company desired it to be temporary, hence the three months.
It had pros and cons, but the "context switch"/"thought switch" was somewhat overwhelming. However, this depends on your role.
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#27Yes, I work full-time (37.5 hrs per week) as a Software Engineer and also do around 15 hours of consulting in my spare time. In my contract, there is a clause that has an issue with this, but only if a conflict of interest occurs. Since both companies are in very different industries (defence & mobile), this hasn't been a problem so far.